Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Richard Boyd, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Richard Boyd registered to vote in Harrison County on August 21, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Richard Boyd
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Richard Boyd
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Harrison County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "J. Thomas"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Boyd in Harrison County
- Chap Boydborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1849
- Richmond Boydborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1856
- Wesley Boydborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1863
Boyds elsewhere in Texas
Sources
This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 73 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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